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diff --git a/doc/forstdin.html b/doc/forstdin.html index f57ee9c..c7cc3d4 100644 --- a/doc/forstdin.html +++ b/doc/forstdin.html @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ run another program. <ul> <li> <tt>forstdin</tt> reads its standard input as it becomes available, -<a href="el_transform.html#split">splitting</a> it automatically. </li> +<a href="el_transform.html#split">splitting</a> it on every line automatically. </li> <li> For every argument <em>x</em> in the split output, <tt>forstdin</tt> runs <em>loop...</em> as a child process, with <em>variable</em>=<em>x</em> added to its environment. </li> @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ codes will make it keep looping. </li> exit <em>eofcode</em>. Default is 0. </li> <li> Other options are used to <a href="el_transform.html">control the substitution mechanism</a> for every <em>x</em>. Of course, you can't -split <em>x</em>. </li> +split <em>x</em>. The default delimiter for <tt>forstdin</tt> is a +newline; you need a <tt>-d</tt> option to split <em>x</em> around +other values. </li> </ul> <h2> Notes </h2> |